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    UK House of Commons set to back controversial migration bill

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Conservative ministers have doubled down on their attacks on small boat migrants – accusing those arriving from across the English Channel of being “asylum shoppers” with “values at odds with our country”. Home […] More

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    Suella Braverman says police should not intervene in ‘legitimate debate’ on trans people and race

    Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter from The Independent’s Race Correspondent Nadine White Sign up to our free fortnightly newsletter The Race Report Police should not be intervening in debates on “contested issues” about race and gender identity, the home secretary has said. Suella Braverman accused forces of “pandering to politically correct preoccupations” during […] More

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    Braverman rebuked for falsely claiming Sudanese asylum seekers have ‘various’ ways of coming to UK

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Suella Braverman has been rebuked by the UN’s refugee agency for falsely claiming Sudanese asylum seekers have “various” legal ways to reach the UK. The Home Secretary said there was “no good reason” […] More

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    Tory MP who compared Covid vaccines to the Holocaust expelled by party

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservatives have expelled MP Andrew Bridgen from the party after he compared Covid-19 vaccines to the Holocaust. He was already sitting as an independent MP after being stripped of the party whip […] More

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    Ex-Tory whip accused of groping to stand down at next election

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The former Tory deputy chief whip Chris Pincher who was accused of groping is thought to be standing down at the next general election. Mr Pincher has sat as the independent MP for […] More

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    Rishi Sunak dismisses ‘this non-dom thing’ as Starmer attacks tax loophole

    Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Rishi Sunak dismissed repeated attacks by Keir Starmer on the tax loophole his family has benefited from as “this non-dom thing” during a feisty exchange at PMQs. The Labour leader accused the PM […] More